While I have to check out the link, would this apply to public places
only or to the private sector as well? It seems crazy to thing that you
could be arrested for lending or borrowing a CD, video tape or book but,
in theory, it could come to that!
Talk about Big Brother!
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:45:23 -0400 Dean FH Macy <deanmacy@m...>
On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 02:45:23 -0400 Dean FH Macy <deanmacy@m...>
writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Right now there is a law before congress which will restrict our
> rights to
> sing openly and to prevent our listening to opera and other forms of
> music
> at our work place during lunch and on breaks because someone else
> may hear
> it and that someone else has not paid for the right to listen to it.
> This
> currently applies to music and singing over the internet, but, if
> passed,
> will set a precedent and eventually limit our musical freedoms we
> now enjoy.
>
> Congressman Boucher and several others have drafted a new bill to
> kill the
> law presently before congress. This new bill states that we, who
> purchase
> music on CD or tape can listen to our music freely regardless of
> where the
> CD is stored: That is in our homes or on internet servers who
> provide
> storage for our purchased CD's.
>
> There are several links that describe the new bill but the best
> place to
> read about it and to actually take a few minutes and register your
> vote
> and/or send a predrafted letter to your own congressman is at
> http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/95/the_million_email_march.html
>
> I urge you to go, look and register your vote before Nov 7th so that
> this
> bill can be passed.
>
> Cordially,
>
> --
> Dean FH Macy, Lit.D./Mus.D.
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